Solution Architect I

Role Proficiency:
Provide technical consultative leadership for large enterprise-wide systems during the pre-sales and/or post-sales cycles

Outcomes:

- Design architecture for large engagements and act as design authority
- Design solutions involving multiple technology components after scoping out requirements for a client with large engagements
- Identify and institutionalize best practices across multiple accounts and manage multiple customers and architects
- Identify new business opportunities and along with Sales team get them converted to projects

Independently execute Technical Assessments Due Diligence and Transitions

Measures of Outcomes:

- Business Development (# of proposals contributed to & # won # new leads generated)
- # of Trainings Webinars Blogs written / taken
- # white papers/document assets published / working prototype
- # of reusable frameworks/tools/artifacts created
- # of technical complex solutions delivered
- # of consulting assignments led/participated
- Technology certifications

Customer feedback on overall technical quality (zero technology related escalations)

Outputs Expected:
Project Control and Review:

- Perform architecture design review
- Identify opportunities for optimization of cost / time / asset utilization in complex projects and advise relevant teams accordingly where possible
- Provide advice to teams facing complex technical issues within CIS
- Review outputs to ensure NFRs are met

Knowledge Management & Capability Development:

- Provide input to teams for training
etc.
- Identify the training needs and conduct internal sessions to meet the same
- Partner with UST Gamma to Create curriculum
assessments
training programs and courseware based on new service offerings / solutions
etc.
- Update collateral on to the knowledge management repository
- Gain and cultivate domain expertise to provide best and optimized solution to customer

Requirement gathering and Analysis:

- Understand the requirements from a larger system / transformation program context
- Validate the technology solution to ensure it integrates with existing client technologies by working with customers and other stakeholders

People Management:

- Provide support to various Project Managers in identification of training needs of the team
- Conduct training / certifications with the help of Gamma and mentoring with respect to technical skills on projects
- Perform career guidance and performance management for team members

Alliance Management:

- Identify alliance partners based on the understanding of service offerings and client requirements
- Identify areas for joint GTM with the partner
- Develop internal capabilities/complementary toolsets to support the GTM strategy
- Maintain t relationships with partners s
- Act as UST technical POC for the specific technology/solution area

Technology Consulting:

- Define problem statement for the customer

process
tools and arrive at the solution options best fit for the client
- Analyze Cost vs. Benefit of solution options
- Define the technology/ architecture roadmap for the client
- Articulate the cost vs. benefits of options to key stakeholders in customer base

Innovation and Thought Leadership:

- Participate in external forums (seminars
paper presentation etc.) to showcase UST capabilities and insights
- Interact and engage with customers/ partners around new innovative ideas
concepts and assets; as well as industry trends and implications
- Identify areas where components/accelerators or design patterns could be reused across different accounts
- Create documents
reports
white papers (international/national) on the research findings

Sales Support and Project Estimation:

- Develop collaterals for proposals
- Conduct workshops at the client site to assist the sales team in sales support
if required
- Compare various designs and propose appropriate technology solutions based on the understanding of the RFP and input from Architects
- Calculate and present estimates based on high level designs to management for supporting go/ no-go decisions
- Review estimations and resource plans
- Review risk and mitigation plans
- Anchor proposal development with cross-linkages across multiple competency units and arrive at a coherent solution
unique value propositions and clear differentiators
- Participate in client presentation and client visits

Solution Definition & Design:

- Ensure alignment of the high-level architecture with the existing client need and business logic; review design prepared by architects
- Ensure the involvement of right teams in solution design
- Ensure technical integrate ability and requirements compliance of the solution; especially in case of a multi group / multi vendor program
- Involve external partners / horizontals as appropriate
- Provide guidance to Solution Architect around usage of patterns/anti patterns in the solution
- Ensure UST architecture principles and QOA (Quality of Architecture) are maintained. Analyz